Continued from the previous chapter:
—
As an ancient auspicious beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King possessed a unique trait: in the habitats where it resided, the growth speed of all spirit beasts doubled, and the chances of 100,000-year spirit beasts breaking through their bottlenecks also doubled.
With such abilities, it was only natural that all spirit beasts would dote on and protect it. This was why the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King, despite having only a little over 2,000 years of cultivation, could mingle among a group of ferocious beasts with at least 200,000 years of cultivation without being driven away.
At this moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King, questioned by Di Tian, wore an indignant expression. "There's no way I could be wrong. The person from yesterday was surrounded by an immense aura of fortune and destiny. Just one glance was enough to leave an unforgettable impression."
"The person approaching now carries the exact same aura of fortune as the one from yesterday. So I'm certain it must be him."
Di Tian paid no heed to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King's indignation. In his eyes, the Emperor's Auspicious Beast was still just a cub, and throwing tantrums was normal. Cubs deserved patience and tolerance.
After listening to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King's words, Di Tian's expression turned grave. His gaze shifted to the other ferocious beasts nearby.
"Everyone, speak your minds. What should we do?"
"That person just unleashed two god-king-level attacks yesterday, annihilating the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, along with their direct bloodlines. Now, he's heading straight for our Star Dou Great Forest. Who knows what his intentions are?"
"His strength, as I'm sure you all understand, is beyond us. If the worst happens… how should we resist him?"
"..."
As soon as Di Tian finished speaking, the ferocious beasts fell into silence.
How could they resist him?
There was simply no way!
Their strength wasn't even on the same level. Even if all of them attacked together, they wouldn't stand a chance. If even Di Tian, the strongest among them, was powerless, what could the others possibly do?
As the saying goes, in the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks seem laughably insignificant.
Thus, under the overwhelming might of Wu Tong, who could crush everything in his path, the ferocious beasts felt a wave of despair, unable to devise any countermeasures.
Di Tian watched the silent group, feeling equally helpless. But deep down, he understood—it wasn't their fault.
Wu Tong's strength was simply too great. Any schemes or tricks would be useless against him, leaving Di Tian with no choice but to sigh in resignation.
"...What if we awaken Her Majesty?"
After a moment of silence, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff King, Scarlet King, seeing the hopelessness of the situation, steeled himself and spoke in a low voice.
"Outrageous?!!!"
"Scarlet King, do you realize what you're saying?!"
The moment Di Tian heard Scarlet King's words, his aura surged violently, and an overwhelming pressure bore down on Scarlet King like a collapsing sky.
"Do you know Her Majesty's current condition? If we expose our severely wounded mistress to a human with god-king-level combat power, what consequences do you think will follow? Have you even considered that?"
"And even if Her Majesty could act, there's no guarantee she could defeat that human. Worse still, if she does intervene, the sheer magnitude of their clash would instantly draw the attention of the gods in the Divine Realm."
"At that point, the Divine Realm would spare no effort to eliminate Her Majesty. With the might of the Divine Realm, how could our mistress, still in recovery, possibly resist? If anything happens to Her Majesty, what future would the spirit beasts have?"
The more Di Tian spoke, the angrier he became, and even a hint of killing intent flickered in his heart. He wished he could grind Scarlet King to dust for daring to suggest such a thing.
In his eyes, Scarlet King, who had proposed this idea, was even more detestable than Wu Tong, who was coming to destroy them.
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
Scarlet King had anticipated Di Tian's reaction when he made the suggestion.
So even though he clearly sensed Di Tian's killing intent, he showed no fear, staring straight at Di Tian with an unyielding expression.
"..."
Di Tian was left speechless. In this situation, he truly had no better ideas.
"If Her Majesty doesn't act, we have no way to resist that human. By then, all that would remain is our severely wounded mistress, left alone to face the Divine Realm. How could she possibly protect the spirit beast race under such circumstances?"
"Moreover, even if Her Majesty doesn't act, do we spirit beasts even have a future to speak of?"
"That man possesses god-king-level combat power, so he must be a candidate for godhood. If he's coming here now, it's likely to sever any future we might have. In this situation, if we don't fight, we can only wait for death."
Seeing Di Tian's silence, Scarlet King poured out his thoughts without reservation.
"..."
After a pause, Scarlet King added, "Though even if we fight, survival isn't guaranteed."
The other ferocious beasts, initially roused by Scarlet King's words and ready for a desperate struggle, immediately deflated upon hearing this.
He was right.
Though they weren't afraid of death, they didn't want to die in such a meaningless way.
As the ferocious beasts sank into contemplation, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King beside Di Tian watched the scene unfold. Though it didn't understand why its uncles and aunts, who treated it like their own child, were so despondent, it couldn't help but voice its confusion upon hearing Scarlet King's words.
"Uncle Scarlet King, I didn't sense any hostility from him. Why do you think he's coming to attack us?"
The moment the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King spoke, Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts froze.
All eyes turned to the little auspicious beast.
"Auspicious Beast, are you saying that person isn't here to attack us?"
"Of course! I didn't sense any hostility from him at all. It seems like he's just here to look for something. Why are you all so tense?"
Silence—
After receiving the Three-Eyed Golden Lion King's confirmation, the atmosphere grew eerily still, as if even the air had frozen.
Every ferocious beast was stunned. This was an answer none of them had expected.
"No hostility? Just here to look for something?"
Scarlet King repeated the words in disbelief.
Then, it suddenly dawned on him.
Wrong. Everything was wrong.
From the very beginning, they had misunderstood that person's intentions. He wasn't here to cause trouble—he just happened to have business in the inner reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Looking at it this way, the entire incident had been nothing but a colossal misunderstanding.
At this realization, Scarlet King couldn't help but let out a bitter, self-deprecating laugh. It had nearly caused a catastrophe. Thankfully, Di Tian hadn't agreed to its suggestion—otherwise, it would have become a sinner to the entire spirit beast race.
...
Read 50 advance at patreon.com/CNBLUE
(End of Chapter)